Baking-cabinet.



J. LAWSON.

BAKING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. B. 1911.

l 413,192u Patented Oct. 16,1917.

JOHN LAWSON, 0F ORANGE, ltIASSACI-IUSETTS.

.BAKING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 191 '7.

Application filed February 8, 1917. Serial No. 147,480.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LAWSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of Franklin and Stateof- Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Baking-Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be used to hasten the raising of bread.

The invention aims to provide a cabinet in which loaves of bread may be placed to raise, novel means being provided whereby the cabinet may be prevented from rolling about during the kneading operation, and at other times.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

lVith the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 41 is a fragmental perspective show ing a latch which constitutes a part of the present invention; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmental vertical section showing the shelves and their mountings.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a cabinet which includes front posts 1 and rear posts 2. The posts 1 and 2 are connected by a bottom 3. Base bars 16 join the front posts 1 with the rear posts 2. The rear posts 2 are connected by a back 4-, and sides 5 connect the front posts 1 with the rear posts 2. Doors 6 may be hinged as shown at 7 to the front posts 1, the doors 6 being equipped with transparent plates 8, to the end that the condition of the bread within the cabinet may be examined from time to time. The top of the cabinet is formed by a kneading board 9 surrounded on three sides by a wall 10. The posts 1 are connected with the posts 2 by means of horizontal supports 11 on which shelves 12 are mounted to slide toward and from the front of the cabinet. The shelves 12 are provided with guides 14, which, coacting with the supports 11, hold the shelves 12 thereon for sliding movement.

Extended between the posts 1 and 2 exteriorly of the sides 5 are filler bars 15. Uprights 17 are connected with the filler bars 15 and with the base bars 16. On each upright 17 a lever 18 is fulcrumed as shown at 19. Pivoted at 20 to the lower end of the lever 18 is a relatively short leg 21 mounted to slide through an eye 22 on the base bar 16. The upper end of the relatively long leg 23 is pivoted as shown at 24 to the lever 18 above the fulcrum 19 of the lever. The leg 23 slides in an eye 25 carried by the base bar 16. The lever 18 is adapted to be engaged, adjacent its upper end, by a resilient latch 27 carried by the side wall 5. The construction above described is duplicated at both sides of the cabinet. The posts 1 and 2 are supplied at their lower ends with casters 26, whereby the cabinet may be trundled about.

In practical operation, the bread is kneaded on the board 9 and placed in the tins, the tins being supported on the shelves 12, and the shelves 12 being slid on the members 11 so that the steam arising from a kettle of Water (not shown) supported on the bottom 3 may rise about the bread in the tin. In this way, the raising of the bread is hastened. The cabinet, which is light, may be trundled on the casters 26 to the oven, whereupon the bread, having raised in the tins, is placed in the oven.

At times, and notably during the kneading of the bread on the board 9, it is desirable that the cabinet shall not move about on the casters 26. Under such circumstances, the upper end of the lever 18 is swung in the direction of the arrow A until the lever cooperates with the latch 27. The legs 21 and 23 move downwardly through eyes 25 and 22 and raise up the cabinet, so that the cabinet is supported on the lower ends of the legs 21 and 23, and not on the casters 26, both sides of the cabinet being raised up by manipulating the levers 18 and by engaging them with the latches 27 When it is desired to roll the cabinet vers are swung in a direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow A,'whereupon the cabinet will be supported on the casters-26.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is .v

1. In a device of the class described, a cabinet; a closure for the front of the'-cabi net; supports mounted within the cabinet; shelves mounted to slide on the supports toward and away from the'front of the cabinet; casters carri'ed by the lower end of the cabinet; and means mounted on the cabinet and under the control of an operator for raising the cabinet to cause the casters to clear the floor whereon the cabinet is supported, thereby preventing the cabinet from moving when the closure is manipulated and when the shelves are slid.

2. In a device of the class described, a

1 cabinet; casters carried thereby; levers ful- Copies of this patent may be obtained for crumed intermediate their ends on the sides of the cabinet; guides carried by the cabinet adjacent its lower end; legs mounted to slide in the guides; and means for pivotally connectingthe legs at their upper ends with the levers on opposite sides of the fulcrums of the levers.

3. In a deviceof the class described, a kneading board; a support for the kneading board; floor-engaging casterson the support; an'd'means' mounted on the support and under the'c'ontrol of an operator-for raisingthesupport tocause the casters to clear the floor; thereby preventingthe support from moving on the floorg'when the kneading board is in use. r

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own; I'have'heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of twoywitnesses.

7 JOHN LAWSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. Jnrrnns,

HENRY .CHAsn.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner oflatents, Washington, 20.- G. 

